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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines will cull at least 200,000 birds after confirming its first avian flu outbreak, but no animal-to-human transmission has been reported, officials said Friday. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol said he ordered the culling of all fowl...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A leading U.S. hospital says it won't move its annual fundraiser away from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort despite pressure from health professionals and others over the president's support for repealing the Affordable Care Act. The Cleveland Clinic says...

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Ruth Pfau, a German physician and nun who devoted her life to the eradication of leprosy in Pakistan, has died at age 87. In a statement, the office of Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi announced a state funeral for Pfau, known as "Pakistan's...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines will cull at least 400,000 birds after confirming its first bird flu outbreak, but says no animal-to-human transmission has been reported. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol says he has ordered all fouls within a kilometer (0.6 mile)...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines will cull at least 400,000 birds after confirming its first bird flu outbreak, but says no animal-to-human transmission has been reported. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol says he has ordered all fouls within a kilometer (0.6 mile)...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Latest on the contaminated egg scare in Europe (all times local): 10:10 a.m. France's agriculture minister says tests on imported eggs contaminated with pesticide show no risk to public health. Stephane Travert said on RMC radio Friday that some...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Latest on an investigation of eggs tainted with an illegal pesticide in Europe (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Reports of possibly tainted eggs linked to the pesticide scandal in the Netherlands and Belgium are cropping up in several countries...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch investigators on Thursday detained two men suspected of being involved in the illegal use of pesticide at poultry farms that sparked a food safety scare in several European countries. The detentions and a series of coordinated raids in the...

LONDON (AP) — Pope Francis has ordered a Belgian Catholic charity to stop offering euthanasia in its psychiatric hospitals. In May, the Brothers of Charity group announced it would allow doctors to perform euthanasia at its 15 psychiatric hospitals in Belgium, one of only two...